tree, wood, wooden

 (목, tree/wood) – semantic component, indicating tree/plant.


wind

 (풍, wind) – phonetic component, giving the sound “풍.”
Originally denoted the sweetgum tree (풍나무), but over time broadened to include maples, especially because both turn bright red in autumn.

Culturally associated with autumn, beauty of falling leaves, and seasonal poetry across East Asia.
楓樹 (풍수) — maple tree
楓葉 (풍엽) — maple leaf
楓香樹 (풍향수) — sweetgum tree (Liquidambar formosana)
楓林 (풍림) — maple forest
紅楓 (홍풍) — red maple

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Vocabulary

to abandon, to discard, to give up, to throw away

board game, chess, Go

ridgepole, the main beam of a house

forest, woods, grove, dense, thick

a kind of tree, wood for fuel, hemp rod

coffin, casket

chair, seat

to plant, to set up, to grow

sweetgum tree (Liquidambar formosana), maple tree

work, occupation, profession, task, business, enterprise, learning, studies, karma (in Buddhist context)

to the utmost, to exhaust, extreme, ultimate, end, utmost point

notice board, public announcement

flower, glory, honor, prosperity, flourishing

pomegranate tree, pomegranate fruit

to join, to put together, to build, to construct

spear, lance, firearm

roughly, generally, on the whole, outline, broad measure

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楓

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